The foreign policy rage of the past few years has been the failed state—Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Sudan, maybe even Iraq. But we in the Americas have one right in our backyard—Haiti. Continue reading →

In response to Richard Cohen’s article, “Support Choice, Not Roe,” in October 20’s Washington Post
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Harriet Miers has submitted her response to the questionnaire of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her response reveals her to be a competent, ambitious, corporate functionary. She rose through the ranks to lead her law firm and the Texas Bar while representing big corporations (that’s what big law firms do) and participating in every conceivable community/legal/charitable/do-good organization in sight. No wonder she didn’t have much of a personal life. She was out networking, connecting, schmoozing and getting ahead. Like Woody Allen, she showed the value of “showing up”. Even so, she ends up with a fraction of the net worth of John Roberts. Maybe she should have come to Washington sooner. John Roberts’s questionnaire revealed precious little in community involvement, in fact virtually none. He was a legal eagle with little time for the rest of life.

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See page six of the for “Abortion in the Spotlight” by Tina Morlock. Note: The newspaper is in PDF form — click here to download it.

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I was asked by a student at Oklahoma City Community College this week who has abortions. This is the latest information from the Alan Guttmacher Institute. It is available at www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html. Continue reading →

Alexander Sanger, Avabai Wadia, and Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, shaking hands

Avabai Wadia, a distinguished leader of the IPPF, died July 11, 2005 at the age of 91. She didn’t seem that old. She had, like her friend and my grandmother, Margaret Sanger, a countenance made youthful by her lifetime of devotion to the great cause we all work for. Her zest for our cause was with her until the very end. In 1998, I traveled to Bombay (now Mumbai) to deliver a speech to the FPAI. Avabai was gracious enough to introduce me to the audience and to remark that I was a much better speaker than my grandmother was! I don’t know if I won over the audience, but her flattery won me over.
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By Dahlia Weinstein, “Luncheon promotes teen responsibility”

The late Margaret Sanger gained worldwide attention as founder of the American birth-control movement, Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She developed family planning efforts throughout the international community.

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has followed in Sanger’s footsteps, helping women, men and teens make choices about reproduction for more than 85 years.

Individuals have followed in Sanger’s footsteps, too, including her grandson, Alexander Sanger, who served as president of Planned Parenthood of New York City and its international arm, The Margaret Sanger Center International, from 1991 to 2000.

Congratulations to PPNYC and their new ad campaign. It’s right out of Beyond Choice! Follow this link: http://www.ppnyc.org/services/planningispower.html.